Poll: Most Disagree With Bergdahl-Terrorist Swap
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 12th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Poll: Most Disagree With Bergdahl-Terrorist Swap
Michael Cipriano, RealClearPolitics
More than half of likely voters disagree with the decision to exchange five high-ranking Taliban detainees for U.S Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, as public opinion is shifting from initial support, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll. The survey found that 54 percent of respondents disagree with the prisoner swap, an 11-point increase from a week ago. Just 29 percent support the Obama administration’s decision, a drop of 11 points from last week. Sixteen percent remain undecided. The poll also shows a higher disapproval among Americans for the exchange than a USA Today/Pew Research Center…
Cantoring Through Political Fields
Rich Galen, RealClearPolitics
Let’s stipulate that I am old. Really old. Not Ralph Hall old (91 years) but pretty old. Old enough so I know exactly what Eric Cantor’s staff have been going through since Tuesday night after his stunning defeat at the hands of economics professor Dave Brat. The last time a sitting member of the House GOP leadership was beaten in a primary was in 1992 when the late Rep. Guy Vander Jagt lost the primary for his Western Michigan seat to the marketing director of a furniture company, Pete Hoekstra. Vander Jagt had been the long-time chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee -…
Cantor Loses to Tea Party Candidate in Va. Upset
Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
In the biggest — and most surprising — upset in recent history, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his re-election bid Tuesday to conservative challenger David Brat in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. The defeat of the second-highest-ranking House Republican rocked Virginia, Washington, D.C., and a party that had been trumpeting establishment victories over Tea Party opponents in primary elections this year. Well known for his political savvy and ambition, Cantor had built a national profile and cultivated relationships with new conservative lawmakers who came into Congress…
